From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 4 13: 1:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A742B15B8E for ; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:01:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA08368; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:01:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:01:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: DAVID THERRIEN Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x window In-Reply-To: <000701bead77$0546ebc0$4664fdcf@DAVIDTHERRIEN> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG For best results: 1) Turn caps-lock off. 2) You don't need to double-space email. On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, DAVID THERRIEN wrote: > I HAVE A COPY ON CD OF FREEBSD 4.4 BSD LITE. 4.4BSD Lite is the code base FreeBSD is based on, but is not the FreeBSD release. Can you find the actual release number? > I HAVE LOADED XFREE86, AND IT WILL NOT RUN. > > IN VERIFYING THE FILES NEEDED TO WORK, I NOTICE THAT THE > > DIRECTORY CALL XINIT IS EMPTY, THERE IS NO FILES CALL XINITRC AND > > XSERVERRC, ALSO THERE IS NO FILES CALLED .XINITRC AND > > .XSERVERRC. Did you check for them in lowercase? In general, the .xinitrc file (which is called when you run 'startx') would be placed in your home directory. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message